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The Kumbh of Corporate reporting minds – the 8th AR Conclave will witness the convergence of corporate reporting authorities and enthusiasts this Thursday, 14th February
MUMBAI: Get ready for the country’s oldest conference on corporate reporting, AR Conclave is staging its eighth edition at ITC Maratha, Mumbai on Thursday, February 14, 2019. Expanding its ambit beyond India for the first time, this year the conclave will witness the convergence of corporate reporting authorities and enthusiasts at a day-long event, carefully split in two distinct parts – deliberation and celebration.
During the conclave more than 250 senior corporate delegates from corporate finance, secretarial, sustainability, investor relations and stakeholder communication would brainstorm on the three key aspects; corporate governance, annual reports and sustainability.
While an array of expert speakers and panelists would add depth and breadth to an epic day of interactive brainstorm, Report Insights’ research team and priceless report library is readying a heady mix of reporting cocktailing the form of three star items.
AR Monitor – South Asia
‘AR Monitor – South Asia’, a benchmarking study of nearly 2800 annuals from South Asia would present ‘South Asia Top-30’ Annual Reports. Leveraging ReportInsights’ proprietary report evaluation tool, it would analyze and highlight the best practices across four varied metrics of Engagement Value, Info-richness, Strategic Orientation and Objective Performance Analysis.
Global AR Exhibition
A star attraction from the very first AR Conclave 2011, the ‘Global AR Exhibition’ will display a hundred choicest Annual Reports from across the globe, from across the industry sectors, market capitalization and revenue spectrum. Drawn from the vast and updated AR Library, the display will also highlight what is worth emulating from each of these reports.
The ‘Global AR Exhibition’ will be another attraction post the conclave where hundred choicest global annual reports from across the globe, industry sectors, market capitalization and revenue spectrum will be showcased.
Trendsetters – Indian Annual Reports 2014 -2018
AR Conclave 2018 will also witness the launch of AR insight’s first ever Coffee Table Book – Trendsetters – on corporate reporting. The Coffee Table Book is a culmination of extensive study and benchmarking of Indian Annual Reports for the last five years (2014 to 2018). Trendsetters will capture the evolution of Indian Annual Reports over the last five years, encircling changes induced by regulatory framework, as well as best global practices. A panel of experts and some industry leaders will crystal-gaze into the future of Indian corporate reporting to set the agenda for coming years for Indian companies.
CEO – arinsight & Managing Director- reportinsight, Mr. Pravin Ujjain said, “Since 2011, AR Conclave has fast established itself as the ultimate forum of corporate reporting in India. It brings together the crème de la crème of the corporate world. The idea of such conclave is to get all the biggest sources of inspiration together so that they can present their stories and ideas in the most innovative and engaging ways.”
On the day of the event, AR conclave will be honored to host 19 renowned speakers from governance, sustainability, capital markets, regulation, investor relations and stakeholder communication will share their practical insights with the delegates. Mentioned below is the list of speakers;
Mr. Ujjain added, “The event will be a starry affair and we promise to deliver one of the most insightful and interactive conclave with a mixture of experience, knowledge, enthusiasm and innovation “
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Abhay Duggal joins JioStar as director of Hindi GEC ad sales
The streaming giant brings in a seasoned revenue hand as the battle for Hindi television advertising heats up
MUMBAI: Abhay Duggal has a new desk, and JioStar has a new weapon. The media and entertainment veteran has joined JioStar as director of entertainment ad sales for Hindi general entertainment channels, adding 17 years of hard-won revenue experience to one of India’s most powerful broadcasting operations.
Duggal is no stranger to big portfolios or bruising markets. Before joining JioStar, he spent a brief stint at Republic World as deputy general manager and north regional head for ad sales. Before that, he put in three years at Enterr10 Television, where he ran the north region for Dangal TV and Dangal 2, two of India’s leading free-to-air Hindi channels. The north alone accounted for more than 50 per cent of total channel revenue on his watch, a number that tends to get attention in any sales meeting.
His longest stint was at Zee Entertainment Enterprises, where he spent over six years rising to associate director of sales. There he commanded the Hindi movies cluster across seven channels, owned more than half of north India’s revenue across flagship properties including Zee TV and &TV, and closed marquee sponsorships across the Indian Premier League, Zee Rishtey Awards and Dance India Dance. He also handled monetisation for the English movies and entertainment cluster and the global news channel WION, a portfolio that would stretch most sales teams twice his size.
Earlier in his career Duggal closed what was then a Rs 3 crore single deal at Reliance Broadcast Network, one of the largest in Indian radio at the time, before that he helped launch and monetise JAINHITS, India’s first HITS-based cable and satellite platform.
His edge, by his own account, lies in marrying data and instinct: translating audience trends, inventory signals and client demands into long-term partnerships built on cost-per-rating-point discipline rather than short-term deal chasing. In a media landscape being reshaped by streaming, fragmented attention and AI-driven advertising, that kind of rigour is increasingly rare and increasingly valuable.
JioStar, which blends the scale of Reliance’s Jio platform with the content firepower of Star, is doubling down on its advertising business at precisely the moment the Hindi GEC market is getting more competitive. Bringing in someone who has spent nearly two decades doing exactly this, across some of India’s most watched channels, is a pointed statement of intent. Duggal has spent his career turning audiences into revenue. JioStar is clearly betting he can do it again, and bigger.
